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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 11, 2009

STATEMENT OF THE SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER ON THE DEPORTATION OF JOHNDEMJANJUK

"Now, John Demjanjuk will finally face the bar of justice for theunspeakable crimes he committed during World War II in what willprobably be the last trial of a Nazi war criminal," said Rabbi MarvinHier, Wiesenthal Center Founder. “The Simon Wiesenthal Center has beeninvolved in the Demjanjuk case for many years. His work at the Sobibordeath camp was to push men, women and children into the gas chamber. Hehad no mercy, no pity and no remorse for the families whose lives he wasdestroying forever. His defenders say that at 89, he is too old to bedeported. His 29,000 victims would have only wished that they would havebeen so fortunate to reach the age of 89. John Demjanjuk deserves to bepunished for the unspeakable crimes he committed,” Hier concluded.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewishhuman rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in theUnited States. It is an NGO at international agencies including theUnited Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the OAS, the Council of Europe and theLatin American Parliament (Parlatino).

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